The Hornes were not able to get a ruling on the substantive merits of their claim. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the government’s actions against the Hornes, but refused to consider their takings claim, saying it did not have jurisdiction. The Supreme Court disagreed, so the case will go back down to the Ninth Circuit where the court will look at the Fifth Amendment issue.

The real point here is the violation of some of our most fundamental principles of private property and economic liberty, violations here represented by the California Raisin Marketing Order and the entire structure of agricultural controls explicit in federal laws and regulations.

These are continued unchanged in the current farm bill.

The Hornes, along with many other raisin farmers with whom they do business, simply want to raise and sell their raisins without government interference, unnecessary controls, or regulatory confiscation. It is about time we started to take apart the 1930s socialist agricultural system that should never have been implemented in the first place. Certainly, it should not be continued by Congress.

I've long said we need to get the gubmint completely out of farming. The good farmers will be just fine, the crappy ones will be gone, and the invisible yet wise hand of market forces will take care of prices.

One need to look no further than the ethanol boondoggle to see how the gubmint screws up everything it touches.

A three point plan for fixing our government:Step one: nullification. States and local jurisdictions within states should tell government where to go. For example, sheriffs in rural Colorado have told their state government where to go vis-a-vis their new gun laws (i.e., to hell). Step two: secession. If nullification doesn't work because of federal police actions, states can nullify this illegal federal government by seceding. Texas could join with like-minded states and reject all federal law and the traitors who are in charge.Step three: if the federal government wants to fight, then all he11 will break loose.